Word: obsessiveness
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...will have to address environmental issues whether we want to or not. In the face of climate change and resource depletion, the vexing issues we obsess over now will suddenly seem very small. The standard-bearers of the future will be those who provide compelling answers to crucial environmental questions. Let us hope that Faust is willing to carry Harvard forward under this green banner...
...those issues may have been on his mind, Fitzgerald argued, but Libby still had time to obsess about what Chris Matthews was saying about him on Hardball - and time to call Tim Russert and complain about it. Fitzgerald had notes and witnesses to prove that Libby, for a least a few minutes a day, stopped thinking about "the next 9/11" and instead counted the number of times Matthews questioned why "the Vice President" had sent former ambassador Joe Wilson to look for evidence of Iraq's interest in WMDs. It was Fitzgerald's job in court to stress Libby...
...This definition makes risk crucial to setting and understanding prices in financial markets. But we humans aren't so great at gauging risk. We pay too much heed to the recent past. We obsess over gruesome possible outcomes while ignoring the mundane but dangerous. And we often cannot envision what will happen next...
This definition makes risk crucial to setting and understanding prices in financial markets. But we humans aren't so great at gauging risk. We pay too much heed to the recent past. We obsess over gruesome possible outcomes while ignoring the mundane but dangerous. And we often cannot envision what will happen next...
...filmed, with the other writers planning out the new season. “We view ourselves as making a character show first, and the mythology is sort of the icing on the cake,” he said. “We try not to have the characters obsess about the mythology because it’s hard for the audience to become attached to them.”A PLAN IN MINDCuse said he leaves the obsessing to the audience. After the screening, fans had a chance to ask questions about the episode and the show in general...